Reform

Middle Israel: Smotrich’s crushing Knesset defeat exposes the finance minister's limits - opinion

Smotrich is a light-year away from the Israeli consensus. Why does a man who represents but a marginal, detached, and minuscule part of Israeli society sit on its national chest?

EVEN BEZALEL Smotrich’s rivals agree that he is a smart man who studies complex issues quickly and knows how to make decisions. Here, the finance minister leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on Monday.
Reuven Taub, Co-founder and CEO of “Alenu – the Founding Grandchildren"

Why the world wants to learn from Israel’s healthcare, but not our schools - opinion

An illustration of a handcuffed individual in a suit, and a backdrop of the Iranian flag.

Iran arrests at least four reform front politicians

People walk near office towers at a business park also housing high tech companies, at Ofer Park in Petah Tikva, Israel August 27, 2020

Israel unveils High-Tech tax reform to bring talent home


Protesting Israeli farmers damage Lebanon border fence

Farmers demonstrating against planned agricultural reforms damaged the border fence with Lebanon.

 Farmers protest along border with Lebanon, August 17, 2021

Reform movement investigating itself over rabbinic sexual misconduct

After a series of high-profile revelations about sexual misconduct within its ranks, the world’s largest Jewish denomination initiated investigations into how it has dealt with allegations.

Portrait of Russian Jalena Rubinstein, the first reform female rabbi

A time of hope, reform to heal Israel's religious divides - opinion

While the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its resolution occupies the attention of the outside world, it is the fissures in Israeli society that are of growing concern.

MK MOSHE GAFNI is removed from the Knesset plenum by a security guard earlier this week.

New Progressive Judaism Dept. established in Diaspora Affairs Ministry

Minister Nachman Shai has secured NIS 40 million for various projects for non-Orthodox, progressive groups • ministry budget is doubled

AMERICAN RABBIS from the Reform and Conservative movements hold a group prayer near the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

Does calling someone a 'pig' sound different in Yiddish?

Porush meant that Reform Judaism is dangerous because Reform Jews “show” some Jewish practices but do not observe “all” of them.

Ultra-Orthodox worshippers pray on Tisha Be’Av, the saddest day in the Jewish calendar, at the Western Wall on July 18, 2021.

Israel's flood of economic reforms is exciting, but won't come easy

with so many big changes being rolled out so quickly, it is reasonable to wonder how much of this will actually happen.

Yisrael Beytenu MK Avigdor Liberman.

Liberman's structural reforms: Infrastructure, bureaucracy and cannabis

Israel has not had a state budget since mid-2018 due to political gridlock, and Liberman has stressed that passing a budget by November is his top priority.

AVIGDOR LIBERMAN arrives at the Knesset ahead of the vote and swearing in of the 36th government, June 13, 2021.

Israel needs dignified discourse in the Knesset - editorial

In a country as diverse as Israel, where good people who care about the future have sincere differences and widely varying views, a modicum of respect and decency in discourse is imperative.

ONE MAJOR DIFFERENCE between Israel’s electoral system and that of most other Western democracies is the lack of any direct connection between the people who gain a seat in the Knesset and ordinary Israeli voters.

Can the new gov't resolve Israel's deepest religion and state issues?

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Can the legislation that the new coalition has stated it wishes to advance actually be passed?

THE CHIEF Rabbinate of Israel in Jerusalem.

Rabbis need to think like entrepreneurs to improve synagogue attendance

For the past several years, the Center for Rabbinic Innovation has been training rabbis with the skills they need to build new communities.

THEY LOVE to tell about George Washington’s speech at the small Touro Synagogue in Newport